Vogue vows to ban models with eating disorders from their magazines

Fashion magazine Vogue has pledged to stop working with underweight and underage models across its 19 global editions.

A statement from Jonathan Newhouse, chairman of Vogue’s publishers Conde Nast International, claims that editors have agreed to ‘not knowingly work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder’.

Vogue vows to ban ‘too thin’ models from their magazines (Getty)

It then explained that the magazine’s editor promised to encourage ‘healthy backstage working conditions’, such as considering food options and the wellbeing of models.

Casting directors will also now be asked to see models’ ID during photo shoots, to determine whether they are in fact over 16.

Vogue’s decision has been labelled a significant step for the fashion industry, after increasing criticism over the gaunt appearance of many catwalk models.

The shrinking size of models has in part been blamed on designers sending sample clothes sizes which are too small for many models to fit into.

However, under the new pledge the magazine house’s statement confirmed that editors will encourage designers ‘to consider the consequences of unrealistically small sample sizes of their clothing, which limits the range of women who can be photographed in their clothes, and encourages the use of extremely thin models’.

The new guidelines will be implemented starting in the June issues of Vogue.